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April 1940- c. A. LINDEMANN TABLE Filed July 19, 1959 Inventor. Charles A. Lindemann,

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Patented Apr. 23, 1940 PATENT OFFlCE TABLE Charles A. Lindemann, Bridgeport, Conn., assignor to General Electric Company, a. corporation of New York Application July 19, 1939, Serial No. 285,290

3 Claims.

Thepresent invention relates to tables equipped with a box cover for enclosing the top of the table.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction and arrangemet for supporting the cover so that it may be swung from a position enclosing the table top to a position at the end of the table, providing an auxiliary table surface.

For a consideration of what I believe novel and my invention, attention is directed to the following description and the claims appended thereto.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. l is a perspective view of a table embodying my invention with the cover in the closed position; Fig. 2 is an end elevation partly broken away to show the hinge construction, the cover being in the closed position; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the table, the cover being in the open position; Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the table and cover in the position of Fig. 3 broken away to show the hinge construction and the manner of mounting the supporting legs in the cover; and Fig. 5 is a 25 fragmentary top plan view of the table and the adjacent end of the cover, the cover being in the open position.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown a sheet metal table having a top I provided with downwardly extending flanges 2 and 3 respectively at the sides and ends. In the corners of the table top are secured angle-shaped supporting legs 4.

The table provides a support for a rotary ironer comprising a roll 5, and a shoe 6 supported by a frame 1 containing the operating mechanism for the ironer. The frame is suitably mounted on the table top. The ironer is typical of devices which may be supported on the table top.

The ironer is enclosed by a box cover having a top wall 8, and depending side walls 9 and end walls 10. In the closed position the edges of the side and end walls are presented to the table top and provide an enclosure for the ironer. At the right-hand end of the table is a vertical hinge member ll having its lower end pivoted on a pin I2 mounted between ears l3 of a bracket I4 secured to a brace I 5 extending between the legs 4. The upper end of the hinge member H is pivoted in ears l6 of a bracket I! connected to the adjacent end wall of the cover. The connection between the hinge member and the end wall of the cover comprises a pin l8 extending through a reenforcing strap l9 secured to the inner surface of the cover end wall. The cover is pivoted on the pin l8 and is held thereon by a washer 20 arranged between the inner surface of the reenforcing strap l9 and a cotter pin 2! extending through the pin I8.

The steps in moving the cover from the closed to the open position are shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The cover is first moved from the full-line to the dotted-line position of Fig. l by movement of the hinge member H from the vertical to the horizontal position about the pin l2. Upon reaching the horizontal position the inner end of the hinge member H engages a stop 22 integral with the bracket [4 which holds the hinge member H in the horizontal position. Since the pin I2 is perpendicular to the front of the table top, the hinge member and cover are moved to the dotted-line position of Fig. 1 by pivotal movement about an axis perpendicular to the front of the table top. In this position the side and end walls of the cover are presented toward the end of the table top. In the next step the cover is pivoted from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. In the position shown in Fig. 3 the side and end walls of the cover are presented toward the front of the table top. During this movement the cover pivots on the pin l8 and the pivotal movement is about a vertical perpendicular to the end wall of the cover. In moving to the dotted-line position of Fig. 3 the rear side wall of the cover is moved to a position adjacent the end of the table top. To reach the final open position shown in full lines in Fig. 3 the cover is swung downward about the pivot provided by the ears l6 on the hinge member I I. This pivotal movement is about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the side walls of the cover. Upon reaching the final open position the cover is at one end of the table top with its top wall 8 uppermost providing an auxiliary table surface. In this position the cover is supported by a stop 23 fixed to the front table leg and engaging the lower edge v of the cover top, and by legs 24 and 25 at the front end of the cover. The stop 23, as shown in Fig. 5, limits the pivotal movement of the cover about the pin [8 and about the hinge member I l The legs 24 and 25 provide a stable support for the front end. The leg 24 is pivoted at 26 on the inner surface of the cover end wall Ill and can be swung up within the cover as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. The leg 25 is similarly pivoted at 21 on the rear side wall of the cover and may be similarly swung up within the cover.

In the present construction the top wall 8 of the cover in the open position is level with the table top. By changing the length of the hinge member H and the position of the connections thereto the height of the top Wall of the cover in the open position may be lower or higher than the table top.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In combination, a support, a box-like cover for enclosing the top of the support having a top wall and having depending side and end Walls presented toward the support, a hinge member at one end of the support pivoted thereon for pivotal movement on an axis perpendicular to the front of the support, a pivotal connection between the hinge member and the adjacent end of the cover whereby the cover may be swung by pivotal movement of the hinge member to a vertical position with its side and end walls presentedtoward the end of the support and may thereafter be pivoted about an axis perpendicular to the end of the cover to a position in which the side and end Walls are presented. toward the front of the support, and means pivoting the cover on the support for swinging movement from said vertical position downward to.a horizontal position about an axis perpendicular to the end of the support.

2. In combination, a support, a box-like cover for enclosing the top of the support having a top Wall and having depending side and end walls presented toward the support, a vertical hinge member pivoted thereon atv its lower end for pivotal movement to a horizontal position about an axis perpendicular to the front of the support,

and pivotal connections between the upper end of v the hinge member and the adjacent end of the cover connecting the cover to the hinge member for swinging movement therewith and providing for pivotal movement of the cover on the hinge member about axes respectively perpendicular to an end wall and to a side wall of the cover.

3. In combination, a support, a box-like cover for enclosing the top of the support having a top wall and having depending side and end Walls presented toward the support, a hinge member at one end of the support pivoted thereon for pivotal movement on an axis perpendicular to the front of the support, a pivotal connection between the hinge member and the adjacent end of the cover whereby'the cover may be swung by pivotal movement of the hinge member to a vertical position with its side and end walls presented toward the end ofthe support and may thereafter be pivoted about an axis perpendicular to the end of the cover to a position in which the side and end walls are presented toward the front of the support, means pivoting the cover on the support for swinging movement from said vertical positionv downward to a horizontal position about an axis perpendicular to the end of the support, and a stop on the support for holding the top wall of the cover in a horizontal position.

CHARLES A. LINDEMANN. 

